Carl's age is three more than two times Lindsay's age. Carl is 39 years old. How old is Lindsay? Let L=Lindsay's age in years. Write the equation that represents this problem. Explain how you used math to write the equation.

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!